Tribal Self-Governance Study
Description of Program,
Service, Function or Activity (PSFA)
INVENTORY
1. Agency Name: Office of Minority Health, Office of Public Health and Science
2. Program Name: State and Territorial Minority HIV/AIDS Demonstration Program and Technical Assistance and Capacity Development Demonstration Program for HIV/AIDS-related Services in Highly Impacted Minority Communities
3. CFDA #: 93.006
4. Program Objectives:To demonstrate that the involvement of State and Territorial Offices of Minority Health in coordinating a statewide response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in minority communities can have a greater impact on the communities’ understanding of the disease, and the coordination of prevention and treatment services for minority populations, than agencies and/or organizations working independently; and to stimulate and foster the development of effective and durable service delivery capacity for HIV prevention and treatment among organizations closely linked with the minority populations highly impacted by HIV/AIDS.
5. Titles and Descriptions of at least Three Funded Grantees:
The South Carolina Minority HIV/AIDS Demonstration Project is designed to provide leadership and statewide coordination in the identification of HIV/AIDS needs in minority communities; provide coordination to existing HIV/AIDS networks; expand the number of minority community based organizations providing HIV/AIDS services; improve communications and information available regarding HIV/AIDS; and facilitate linkages of minority community based organization with state and local recipients of federal funds.
The Multicultural Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Project, carried out by the Multicultural AIDS Coalition in Boston, MA, is seeking to enhance the HIV/AIDS awareness, interagency cooperation, programmatic sophistication, and level of service provided by diverse minority community based organizations, and to improve their management capacity and infrastructure. A collaborative effort of various agencies, the project conducts comprehensive needs assessments, offers training workshops and seminars in diverse planning and management skills, and develops a pool of consultants with technical assistance expertise and cultural/linguistic competence. In addition he project offers peer mentoring technical assistance, promotes resource sharing and collaboration, maintains updated information on HIV/AIDS, engages minority community based organizations in ongoing planning bodies, and establishes electronic networking capabilities.
The Community Resource Exchange, in partnership with a number of local agencies, is seeking to improve the health of New York City’s diverse minority communities by strengthening the capacity of community based organizations to prevent the spread of HIV and better serve people affected by AIDS. Project activities include creating a new coordinating structure between partner intermediary organizations on HIV/AIDS programming; developing fund raising capacity building strategies; broadening partner networks; and creating infrastructures for partner-to- partner referrals. Other efforts include increasing the number of community based organizations engaging in HIV/AIDS prevention and services in high risk and high incidence areas, providing training in self-evaluation methods and techniques, recruiting and training 4 development fellows, and ensuring appropriate linkage to continuum of care networks.
AUTHORITY
6. Authorizing Statute(s): Public Health Service Act, as amended, Title XVII, Section 1707(e)(1), 42 U.S.C..
7. Regulatory/Administrative Requirements: 45 CFR 74 and 92
8. Mandatory Statutory Changes Needed to Operate PSFA as a Demonstration: Authority would need to modify the grant making process, enable the Department to make self-governance funding awards, and alter federal monitoringing mandates.
APPLICANTS, BENEFICIARIES and FORMULAS
9. Type of Funding: Discretionary
10. Eligible Applicants: State/Territorial Offices of Minority Health, or for those states and territories that do not have established Offices of Minority Health, a state or territorial minority health entity located within a State or Territorial Department of Health which functions in the capacity of an Office of Minority Health; and minority community based organizations or state/local health departments.
11. Allotment Formulas, Etc.: None
12. Applicant Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: None
13. Eligible Beneficiaries: Minority Populations (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander).
14. Beneficiary Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: None
15. Amount and Percent of Total that is Mandatory for Indians: None
FINANCIAL
16. Total FY 2000 Funding: $9,036,443
17. Amount and Percent of Total Funding Awarded to Indians: 0
18. For Awards to Tribes: Number, Range and Average Amounts: N/A
19. Total FY 2001 Funding and Amount for Indians, If Known: Unknown
OTHER
20. -- how long assistance is funded: Grant projects can have a 3-year project period
with 12 month budget periods. Following the initial budget period, continued funding is subject to the availability of funds and satisfactory program performance.
-- fund use restrictions - Grant funds may not be used for medical treatment, construction, building alterations, or renovations.
-- reporting requirements - Grantees must submit progress reports with a final performance report due 90 days after the end of the project period. Financial Status Reports are due 90 days after the end of the budget period with a final Financial Status Report due 90 days after the end of the project period.
-- audit requirements - In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,” nonfederal entities that receive financial assistance
CONTACTS
21. DHHS Workgroup Contact: Tuey Dong, 301-443-5084
22. HHS Agency/Program Contact: Mimi Chafin 301-594-0769